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> I'd advise you to drive armed too, because you could experience trouble from a "random crazy" with road rage. Agreed, and I do drive armed. I conceal carry

> I'd advise you to drive armed too, because you could experience trouble from a "random crazy" with road rage. Agreed, and I do drive armed. I conceal carry every time I leave my house. So far I've only ever experienced one road rage incident in more than 20 years of driving, and it was able to be resolved without needing to use a weapon in self-defense. Unfortunately there's crazy people with self-control issues everywhere. Generally speaking we have a problem in America that there are a lot of potentially violent mentally-unsound people roaming around, we have no cohesive plan to get these people treatment/help/medication, and in most major cities you will be penalized for defending yourself so you have little recourse if someone decides to attack you. Solving this problem will likely solve many other social problems, but there seems to be little political will to try to solve this problem.

maerF0x0 4y ago
+1 As a former Canadian I often tell people that Canada's gun safety starts with a well funded social safety net. It's not just that people "cant" (legally) get guns as easily. It's that they dont want to do terrible things with them.
- AwaAwa 4y ago
  As a current Canadian the only people safe here are the one's making the decision to destroy safety for everyone else. And if you don't take part you must be an 'ist' of some sort.
xracy 4y ago
> Generally speaking we have a problem in America that there are a lot of potentially violent mentally-unsound people roaming around, we have no cohesive plan to get these people treatment/help/medication, and in most major cities you will be penalized for defending yourself so you have little recourse if someone decides to attack you. Woof, I think this right here is the thing that we'll never get beyond. I get that when we talk about psychological safety for this, it's hard to point at numbers because people don't make measured judgments about numbers... But when you make a claim like that, I think it deserves some numbers to be more than just fear mongering.

maerF0x0 4y ago

+1 As a former Canadian I often tell people that Canada's gun safety starts with a well funded social safety net. It's not just that people "cant" (legally) get guns as easily. It's that they dont want to do terrible things with them.

AwaAwa 4y ago
As a current Canadian the only people safe here are the one's making the decision to destroy safety for everyone else. And if you don't take part you must be an 'ist' of some sort.

xracy 4y ago

> Generally speaking we have a problem in America that there are a lot of potentially violent mentally-unsound people roaming around, we have no cohesive plan to get these people treatment/help/medication, and in most major cities you will be penalized for defending yourself so you have little recourse if someone decides to attack you. Woof, I think this right here is the thing that we'll never get beyond. I get that when we talk about psychological safety for this, it's hard to point at numbers because people don't make measured judgments about numbers... But when you make a claim like that, I think it deserves some numbers to be more than just fear mongering.